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[vc_row el_class="individual-scientist"][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="What is Angiogenesis?" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23004b8d" use_theme_fonts="yes" el_class="yellow-line"][vc_column_text]Angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels. The process involves the growth of endothelial cells, which line the inside walls of blood vessels. Angiogenesis is a normal and vital process in growth and development, but it also plays...

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[vc_row el_class="individual-scientist"][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="What is Computational Drug Design?" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23004b8d" use_theme_fonts="yes" el_class="yellow-line"][vc_column_text]Drug design is the process of finding and testing new treatments based on biological targets. Computational drug design – often called computer-aided drug design – refers to the drug invention process that relies on computer...

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[vc_row el_class="individual-scientist"][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="What is Immunotherapy?" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23004b8d" use_theme_fonts="yes" el_class="yellow-line"][vc_column_text]The immune system is the body’s defense against disease as it recognizes and destroys any foreign material that could cause harm. In some instances, the immune system can recognize cancer cells as abnormal and kill them; in...

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[vc_row el_class="individual-scientist"][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="What is Metastasis?" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23004b8d" use_theme_fonts="yes" el_class="yellow-line"][vc_column_text]Metastatic cancer is the term used to describe any cancer that has spread from the area it started in to other areas of the body. For some types of cancer, metastasis is also called stage IV cancer,...

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[vc_row el_class="individual-scientist"][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="What is Precision Medicine?" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23004b8d" use_theme_fonts="yes" el_class="yellow-line"][vc_column_text]Although cancer research is ultimately about finding a cure for cancer, it also encompasses efforts to make cancer a more manageable disease with less toxic side effects. Decades of research led us to a new era in...

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[vc_row el_class="individual-scientist"][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="What is Genomics Research?" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23004b8d" use_theme_fonts="yes" el_class="yellow-line"][vc_column_text]Genomics – in general – is the study of a complete set of genetic material (DNA), and when it comes to cancer research, studying DNA is crucial. Cancer develops when DNA becomes damaged or changed. Some...

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[vc_row el_class="individual-scientist"][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_custom_heading text="What is Drug Resistance?" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23004b8d" use_theme_fonts="yes" el_class="yellow-line"][vc_column_text]Sometimes cancers are inherently unaffected by a specific drug and sometimes drug resistance occurs when cancers that have been responding to a therapy suddenly begin to grow again. In that latter case, the cancer cells resist...